Rueben's Ramblings

The Canadian drama Moonshine will make its American debut on The CW on July 3 at 9 PM.

This raucous one-hour dramedy tells the story of the Finley-Cullens, a dysfunctional family of adult half-siblings battling to take control over the family business.

The cast includes Jennifer Finnigan, Anastasia Phillips, Tom Stevens and Peter MacNeill.

Here is a trailer for Moonshine:

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On June 28, the new Apple TV+ series Hijack will debut online.

Told in real time, this thriller follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven hour flight and authorities on the ground scramble for answers.

Idris Elba plays Sam Nelson, an accomplished negotiator in the business world who needs to step up and use all his guile to try and save the lives of the passengers – but, his high-risk strategy could be his undoing.

Archie Panjabi plays Zahra Gahfoor, a counter terrorism officer who is on the ground when the plane is hijacked and becomes part of the investigation.

Here is a trailer for Hijack:

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On June 26, the Acorn TV drama Cannes Confidential will debut its first two episodes online.

This high-concept detective series centers on the bicker-banter relationship between no-nonsense detective Camille Delmasse (French TV actor Lucie Lucas) and charming international conman Harry King (Battlestar Galactica alum Jamie Bamber). Thrown together solving crimes on the French Riviera, Camille and Harry’s relationship lies at the heart of the show against a luxurious Cannes backdrop. Camille and Harry’s chemistry is complicated by Camille’s colleague and wing-woman, Léa Robert (Tamara Marthe), and a deal they make to free Camille’s ex-Chief of Police father from corruption charges.

Here is a trailer for Cannes Confidential:

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The drama Clean Sweep will debut its first two episodes online on both AMC+ and Sundance Now on June 22.

Shelly Mohan (Charlene McKenna) is a super mom in this suspenseful Irish drama. She can juggle the complex lives and schedules of her 3 kids and her husband, who is a detective. Her life is chaotic and hectic, but mostly thankless. Her life is happy though until a dark secret emerges from her past. She then makes a fatal choice to prevent the truth from surfacing.

Adam Fergus co-stars.

Here is a trailer for Clean Sweep:

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On June 21, the new drama Secret Invasion will debut online on Disney+.

Set in the present day MCU, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and the Skrull Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.

Other cast members include Dermot Mulroney, Katie Finneran, Don Cheadle, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Christopher McDonald, Carmen Ejogo, Charlayne Woodard, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Samuel Adewunmi.

Here is a trailer for Secret Invasion:

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On June 18, the detective series Ridley: The Peaceful Garden will debut on PBS at 8 PM.

Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley (Adrian Dunbar) is called back to advise on a complex and compelling murder case by his replacement and former protege DI Carol Farman. Carol is keen to access Ridley’s unique insight into crime-solving which served them so well in the past, but the investigation takes a dark and unexpected twist.

You can watch a trailer for Ridley: The Peaceful Garden here.

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On June 9, the limited series The Crowded Room will debut its first three episodes online on AppleTV+.

Tom Holland stars as Danny Sullivan, a man who is arrested following his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. Told through a series of interviews with curious interrogator Rya Goodwin (Amanda Seyfried), Danny’s life story unfolds, revealing elements of the mysterious past that shaped him, and the twists and turns that will lead him to a life-altering revelation.

The cast includes Jason Isaacs, Emmy Rossum, Sasha Lane, Will Chase, Thomas Sadoski, Lior Raz, Christopher Abbott and Zachary Golinger.

Here is a trailer for The Crowded Room:

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The new 8-episode series The Lazarus Project will debut on TNT on June 4 at 9 PM.

Paapa Essiedu (Gangs of London) plays George, the latest recruit to The Lazarus Project, a secret organization that has harnessed the ability to turn back time whenever the world is at the threat of extinction. George and his colleagues are the few people on Earth with the ability to remember the events that are undone when time goes back. But when a freak accident harms someone close to George, Lazarus won’t let him turn back time to undo it unless there is the threat of global extinction. Now George must choose to stay loyal or go rogue as he faces the question of: if you had the power to re-write your past, what would you sacrifice to do it?

The international cast includes Anjil Mohindra, Tom Burke and Rudi Dharmalingam [among others].

Here is a trailer for The Lazarus Project:

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On May 25, the new drama Fubar will debut online on Netflix.

A CIA operative (Arnold Schwarzenegger) on the verge of retirement discovers a family secret and is forced back into the field for one last job.

The cast includes Monica Barbaro, Travis Van Winkle, Gabriel Luna, Jay Baruchel, Andy Buckley and Barbara Eve Harris [among others].

Here is a trailer for Fubar:

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On May 24, the new Hulu series The Clearing will debut online.

This eight-part psychological thriller is based on the best-selling crime novel by author J.P. Pomare, which follows the nightmares of a cult and a woman who’s forced to face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future.

The cast includes Guy Pearce, Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto and Xavier Samuel [among others].

Here is a trailer for The Clearing:

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